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Takashige Ichise

Takashige Ichise

Producer and writer · Born January 18, 1961 (65) · Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Born
January 18, 1961 (65)
From
Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
42 on MovieCove · 66 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 38 days to Oct 27Up 6% in 30 days

What are Takashige Ichise's films like?

Across their 41 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Morality.

Genres

Horror18 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 40th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Horror movies
Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 49th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 33rd percentile
: browse their Action movies
Fantasy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 17th percentile
: browse their Fantasy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Survival
48%
Morality
16%
Bonds
15%
Self
10%
Ideas
6%
Society
3%
Power
2%
Survival14 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma15 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief15 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds7 titles, browse their movies with this themeRevenge4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGuilt4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 40 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Dark: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their dark movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 2 · Serious 4 · Dark 34

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 12 · Stylized 21 · Heightened 7

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 10 · Intense 30

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 10 · Shifting 22 · Whiplash 8

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 36 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 11 · Even-paced 26 · Relentless 3

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 3 · Engaged 24 · Full focus 13

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 4 · Affecting 13 · Heavy 23

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 20 · Ambiguous 10

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
35
Dread
30
Melancholic
18
Cold
10
Absurd
3
Other
9

How their films linger

Haunting24 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling25 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet16 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteDevastating5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 18 with a twist

  • Happy1
  • Bittersweet15
  • Tragic10
  • Ambiguous13
  • Cyclical2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Takashige Ichise's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 26 of their 42 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (19).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Takashige Ichise's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

66 credits, 42 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Man in the Shadows: Producer Takashige Ichise on NOROI: The Curse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)

    as 自己

  • Naokiman Horror Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · Producer

  • Ju-on: Origins(2020)

    Show 6 episodes · Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all shows

  • The Grudge(2019)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • In the Shadow of Iris(2016)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Producer · Writer

  • Ju-on: The Final Curse(2015)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Ju-on: The Beginning of the End(2014)

    Creative Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Flight 7500(2014)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • Talk to the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer

  • The Crone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer

  • Cult (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Producer

  • Japan's Wildlife: The Untold Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Producer

  • Happy Together –All About My Dog– (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • The Sylvian Experiments(2010)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Ju-on: Black Ghost(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Ju-on: White Ghost(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Grudge 3(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Goemon(2009)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Ura Horror (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)

    Producer

  • Shutter(2008)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Retribution(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all films

  • Kaidan(2007)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Murder of the Inugami Clan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • The Kon Ichikawa Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    Producer

  • The Grudge 2(2006)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films

  • Inferno (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • Reincarnation(2005)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Dark Tales of Japan - Special Edition: 10 Most Terrifying Things in History that Really Happened (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • Noroi(2005)

    Executive Producer · Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • All About My Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Producer

  • Dark Water(2005)

    Writer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • The Grudge(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Infection(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Premonition(2004)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Ju-On: The Grudge 2(2003)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • Ju-on: The Grudge(2002)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Dark Water(2002)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • LOVE SONG (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • Ju-on: The Curse 2(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • Crazy Lips (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Producer

  • Ju-on: The Curse(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Ring 0: Birthday(2000)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Moonlight Express(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Ring 2(1999)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Murder on D Street(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Ringu(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films

  • Spiral(1998)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Lie Lie Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    Producer

  • Drive(1997)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Back to Back(1996)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • No Way Back(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Crying Freeman(1995)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Fist of the North Star(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Blue Tiger(1994)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • A Watcher in the Attic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Producer

  • American Yakuza(1993)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Necronomicon: Book of Dead(1993)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • All's Quiet on the Recruit Front (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Producer

  • Tokyo: The Last War (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Director · Producer

  • Peacock King(1988)

    Visual Effects Producer

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Tokyo: The Last Megalopolis (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Executive Producer

  • To Sleep So as to Dream(1986)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 84th percentile of all films

  • 真夏の夜はNO,TIME (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Actor

  • Making of Stardust Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

  • The Legend of the Stardust Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 62 titles from 1985 to 2024.

Biggest box office

The Grudge (2004)

$187M worldwide

Highest rated

Ringu (1998)

Midcredits 87th

Most popular right now

Ju-on: The Grudge (2002)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 62: 2 only acting, 0 with another roleDirecting1 of 62: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting7 of 62: 1 only writing, 6 with another role · typical Midcredits score20thProducing58 of 62: 51 only producing, 7 with another role · typical Midcredits score40thOther crew2 of 62: 0 only other crew, 2 with another role

62 titles, 8 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s7 · 1 acting · 6 crew1990s14 · crew2000s26 · crew2010s12 · crew2020s3 · 1 acting · 2 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Takashige Ichise's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 40th percentile, the median of all 41; across their 40 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 42nd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Approval · how many liked their films

37thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Reach · how many have seen their films

81stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 40

Midcredits score across 42 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th12
  • 25th to 49th14
  • Below 25th13

Shape of the crowd

19 of their 42 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed9
  • Mixed19

Most divisive · producer

Fist of the North Star (1995)

72nd percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Ringu (1998)

Midcredits 87th · 76% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 42/100 and the plot and story 41/100 in their films, across 38 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Takashige Ichise's work okay for kids?

Across up to 17 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films and sex & nudity lighter.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore17 titles40–89 · median 72 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity17 titles2–60 · median 18 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity13 titles9–59 · median 38 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs13 titles10–42 · median 30 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense16 titles62–91 · median 84 · severeheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Takashige Ichise work with?

People who share at least 2 of Takashige Ichise's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Takashi Shimizu shares the most, 14.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers